VTOL Cash-Secured Put Strategy
VTOL (Bristow Group Inc.), in the Energy sector, (Oil & Gas Equipment & Services industry), listed on NYSE.
Bristow Group Inc. provides aviation services to integrated, national, and independent offshore energy companies in the United States. It also offers commercial search and rescue services; and other helicopter and fixed wing transportation services. As of March 31, 2022, the company had a fleet of 229 aircrafts, of which 213 were helicopters. It also has operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the Dutch Caribbean, Guyana, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad, and the United Kingdom. The company was founded 1948 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
VTOL (Bristow Group Inc.) trades in the Energy sector, specifically Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.25B, a trailing P/E of 10.73, a beta of 1.30 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 28.03-50.38, average daily share volume of 227K, a public-listing history dating back to 2013, approximately 3K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how VTOL stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.30 places VTOL roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. The trailing P/E of 10.73 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price. VTOL pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a cash-secured put on VTOL?
A cash-secured put sells an out-of-the-money put while holding cash equal to the strike-times-100 obligation, keeping the premium when the underlying stays above the strike.
Current VTOL snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $42.25, ATM IV 149.40%, IV rank 47.98%, expected move 42.83%. The cash-secured put on VTOL below is built from the same end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 34-day expiry.
Why this cash-secured put structure on VTOL specifically: VTOL IV at 149.40% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so the credit collected on a VTOL cash-secured put sits in line with its long-run distribution, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 42.83% (roughly $18.10 on the underlying). The 34-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated VTOL expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on VTOL should anchor to the underlying notional of $42.25 per share and to the trader's directional view on VTOL stock.
VTOL cash-secured put setup
The VTOL cash-secured put below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With VTOL near $42.25, the first option leg uses a $40.14 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed VTOL chain at a 34-day expiry; the cross-strike IV skew is reflected directly in the per-leg values rather than approximated. Quantity sizing assumes one contract per option leg (or 100 VTOL shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Put | $40.14 | N/A |
VTOL cash-secured put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- N/A
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Breakeven(s)
- None on modeled curve
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- N/A
Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.
VTOL cash-secured put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on VTOL. Each row is one sampled price point from the computed payoff curve; the full curve uses 200 price points internally before being summarized into 10 rows here.
When traders use cash-secured put on VTOL
Cash-secured puts on VTOL earn premium while a trader waits to acquire VTOL stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning VTOL.
VTOL thesis for this cash-secured put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for VTOL extends from approximately $24.15 on the downside to $60.35 on the upside. A VTOL cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire VTOL at the strike price; the strategy is most attractive when the trader is comfortable holding the underlying at that level and IV is rich enough to compensate for the assignment risk. Current VTOL IV rank near 47.98% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the cash-secured put thesis on VTOL should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Energy name, VTOL options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to VTOL-specific events.
VTOL cash-secured put positions are structurally neutral to slightly bullish; the modeled P&L assumes European-style exercise at expiration and ignores early assignment, transaction costs, dividends paid before expiry on the stock leg (when present), and the bid-ask spread on the listed chain. VTOL positions also carry Energy sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move VTOL alongside the broader basket even when VTOL-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on VTOL carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical VTOL earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current VTOL chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cash-secured put on VTOL?
- A cash-secured put on VTOL is the cash-secured put strategy applied to VTOL (stock). The strategy is structurally neutral to slightly bullish: A cash-secured put sells an out-of-the-money put while holding cash equal to the strike-times-100 obligation, keeping the premium when the underlying stays above the strike. With VTOL stock trading near $42.25, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed VTOL chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are VTOL cash-secured put max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium. For the VTOL cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 149.40%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is unbounded per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a VTOL cash-secured put?
- The breakeven for the VTOL cash-secured put priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve at expiration, derived from end-of-day chain premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The current VTOL market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 42.83%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a cash-secured put on VTOL?
- Cash-secured puts on VTOL earn premium while a trader waits to acquire VTOL stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning VTOL.
- How does current VTOL implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?
- VTOL ATM IV is at 149.40% with IV rank near 47.98%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.